{"id":1219709,"date":"2022-01-17T09:38:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T14:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1219709"},"modified":"2022-01-17T09:38:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T14:38:48","slug":"beer-and-sandwiches-no-apology-from-hypocrite-left-leader-over-alleged-lockdown-rule-breaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beer-and-sandwiches-no-apology-from-hypocrite-left-leader-over-alleged-lockdown-rule-breaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer and Sandwiches: No Apology From &#039;Hypocrite&#039; Left Leader Over Alleged Lockdown Rule Breaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237760803-e1642417442533-640x335.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Leftist Labour leader Keir Starmer has turned up the pressure on the government over rule breaches in recent weeks but no apology was forthcoming when he was accused of breaking the same regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer, the head of the UK\u2019s leftist Labour party \u2014 despite being pressured \u2014 refused to apologise for his own breach of lockdown rules on Monday, instead opting to deflect to the transgressions of embattled PM Boris Johnson.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Starmer has been labelled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/14\/sir-keir-starmer-branded-hypocrite-by-conservative-commentators-over-his-own-covid-rules-breach\/\">hypocrite<\/a> after his criticisms of the prime minister \u2014 who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/11\/boris-govt-facing-potential-police-probe-and-political-disaster-over-lockdown-breaking-boozy-bash\/\">accused<\/a> of attending a number of lockdown breaking bashes during a period of lockdown in 2020 \u2014 due to a picture emerging last Thursday appearing to show the Labour head breaking lockdown rules himself.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the image during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/radio\/special-shows\/call-keir\/keir-fights-back-over-partygate-tories-are-trying-to-drag-us-into-the-gutter\/\">interview<\/a> with LBC on Monday, instead of apologising, the left-wing leader doubled down on attacking the Conservative party over Johnson\u2019s alleged breaches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere comes a point where the Tories try to take everybody into the gutter with them,\u201d Starmer told&nbsp;Nick Ferrari on the London radio station. \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s happening here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>He also defended his own previous actions, claiming that what was being pictured was not a breach of COVID rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were working in the office and a takeaway turned up and we stopped and we ate it,\u201d Starmer said. \u201cThere was no breach of the rules, no party, no comparison with the PM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PM is facing allegations of multiple parties,\u201d he continued. \u201cThere is simply no comparison.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sir Keir Starmer Branded \u2018Hypocrite\u2019 by Conservative Commentators Over his Own Covid Rules Breach<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dRq0loJgEX\">https:\/\/t.co\/dRq0loJgEX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1482095176470306819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A number of politicians and pundits have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/14\/sir-keir-starmer-branded-hypocrite-by-conservative-commentators-over-his-own-covid-rules-breach\/\">lambasted<\/a> Keir Starmer over his actions over lockdown.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Bow Group head&nbsp;Ben Harris-Quinney called the labour head a \u201chypocrite\u201d over his actions, while Darren Grimes,&nbsp;director of online conservative channel Reasoned said that Starmer had been caught \u201cexactly the same thing\u201d as the prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite criticism, Starmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/radio\/special-shows\/call-keir\/keir-fights-back-over-partygate-tories-are-trying-to-drag-us-into-the-gutter\/\">stuck to his guns<\/a>&nbsp;and heaped criticism on his political opponents for doing the same things he now stands accused of doing himself.<\/p>\n<p>Referencing an ongoing investigation into the so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/partygate-what-could-happen-next\/\">partygate<\/a>\u201d gatherings, Starmer said that the public has already decided that Johnson is guilty of something that is \u201ca million miles away\u201d from his own actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think the public are waiting for a Sue Gray report to make their mind up,\u201d Starmer said. \u201cWe [politicians] are waiting for the Sue Gray report but I think the public\u2019s made its mind up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026There\u2019s anger at the Prime Minister, there\u2019s actually ridicule \u2013 people are joking about it \u2013 and once the country is no longer laughing with you, but laughing at you, you really are in a bad place as Prime Minister,\u201d the labour leader 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